The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-07

ing home at $50 o'clock The excursion to No
blesville last Saturday netted quite large
sum for the church.
Rev Virgil W Tevis of Columbus. will oc-
cupy the pulpit of Fletcher-piace Church to NOR
row. both morning and evening.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
the Indianapolis district, Southeast Conference,
will meet at Hall place Church, next Wednes-
day
The annual May fair of the Corinthian Baptist
Church will be neld next week, beginning on
Monday Entertainments will be given each
evening during the week.
The gospel temperance meeting in Military
Park will be resumed tomorrow afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock. The Blackboard street Church choir
will furnish the music and Rev. w. T. Sheridan
will preach.
The Blackboard street congregation is arranging
to start a cottage prayer meeting west OF the
river on near Washington street, with view
of organizing Sunday school and forming
cleus for church
Res. A W. Mann will conduct services for
deaf .nutes at Christ Church this evening. at
1:45 o'clock, and tomorrow afternoon. at 8
o'clock, Bishop Knickernacker will administer
the apostolic rite of confirmation TO deaf mutes.
Rev. Dr.. DeCosta of New York city, repre-
senting the White Cross Army movement in the
L nlted States will spend to- morrow in this city,
and programme of special services has been
arranged. There will be sermon Social
Purity IN Christ Church at 1920 A. n Grand
gathering of children at St Pauls at 2:30 p. NJ.
A meeting for "men only" in Christ Church at
P. NJ. AT night there will be a mass meeting
at Tomiinson Hall. Everybody is cordially in
vited to all these meetings A meeting for
women only will be held at the Second Presby-
terrain Church on Monday afternoon 2 o'clock,
at which the attendance of all interested in the
movement is desired. The Woman's Christian
Temperance Union and the Young Mems Chris
tian Association will take part 10 the services.
and many of the ministers will not preach
the evening, in order that their congregations
may attend the massmeetng.
The cornerstone of the chapel of the Sisters
of the Good Shepherd will be laid Sunday,
May %. The Sisters making preparations
their chapel. One will be preservation class
Young girls prctecrory. where children will be
received without distinction of creed nation
atty. No child will be allowed to forget her
national language plain education. well as
industrious training. will be given. Children
will be cared for until they are able to make
their own living. and. if unable to do so, they
main. The other building will be called Magda-
lena Asylum In it will be received the reformed
women and girls from the penitent
class. of whom there at preenr
sixty-seven. They trained to become
Sister Magdalenes and for those of them who
wish to join sisterhood, there has been added
to the monasteries of the Good Shepherd sister
hood for such girls may have
formed their lives in the penitent class. The
Magdalenes never sent out on missions.
They do not teach, instruct hold any
charge or Office in the monastery. but al
ways taught. instructed and presided over by
the Sisters of the Good Shepherd. The Sister
follow the penitential rule of Saint Theresa. The
Sisters soliciting contributions to aid
them in their proposed charitable work. and are
meeting with deserved success.